Concurrent Session: Plant-virus Interactions (incl. Viromes, Evolution & Vectors)

Co-Chair(s)

• LM

  Laura Medina-Puche

  Department of Plant Biochemistry, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), Eberhard Karls University
  Tubingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• FZ

  Francisco Zerbini

  Professor
  Universidade Federal de Vicosa
  Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Presentations:

• 10:30 - 10:55  

  IRE1-dependent signaling arm of the unfolded protein response balances bifurcating influences on potexvirus replication/gene expression and virus cell-to-cell movement.
  

  Presenting Author: Jeanmarie Verchot, PhD – Texas A&M University

  Author: Binita Adhikari – Texas A&M University

  Author: Haden Charles Ball – Texas A&M University

  Author: Karolina Pajerowska-Mukhtar – Clemson University
• 10:55 - 11:20  

  Role of spatio-temporal variation in host susceptibility to infection in the evolution of potyvirus’ virulence
  

  Presenting Author: Santiago F. Elena, PhD (he/him/his) – CSIC
• 11:20 - 11:30  

  Molecular mechanisms underlying Rx-NRC-mediated immunity
  

  Presenting Author: Chunpeng An – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

  Author: Shoucai Ma – Xianghu Laboratory

  Author: Aaron Lawson – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

  Author: Yu Cao – School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Institute of Biology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine

  Author: Yue Sun – School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Institute of Biology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine

  Author: Eddie Yong Jun Tan – Nanyang Technological University Singapore

  Author: Jinheng Pan – School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Institute of Biology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine

  Author: Jan Jirschitzka – Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

  Author: Paul Schulze-Lefert – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

  Author: Jijie Chai – Westlake University
• 11:30 - 11:40  

  Repurposing geminiviruses for engineering gene circuits in plants: a copper-inducible BeYDV-derived expression system for biomanufacturing
  

  Presenting Author: Elena Garcia Perez (she/her/hers) – Earlham Institute

  Author: Marta Vazquez-Vilar – IBMCP

  Author: Rosa Lozano-Durán – University of Tü​bingen

  Author: Diego Orzaez – IBMCP
• 11:40 - 11:50  

  Structural basis for the activation of plant bunyavirus replication machinery and its dual-targeted inhibition by ribavirin
  

  Presenting Author: Jia Li – Nanjing Agricultural University

  Author: Lei Cao – Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  Author: Xiaorong Tao – Nanjing Agricultural University

  Author: Xiangxi Wang – Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 11:50 - 12:00  

  Discussion/Q&A